Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of breast cancer screening (in percent or mean, N = 285).
| Breast Cancer Screening |
χ2/ t-tests |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | |||
| Age | Ranged from 18 to 89 (SD = 15.09) Mean |
34.2 | 49.9 | −9.50*** |
| Marital status | Never married | 57.6 | 24.6 | 36.42*** |
| Married | 25.0 | 33.3 | ||
| Divorced | 9.8 | 21.9 | ||
| Widowed | 0.0 | 12.0 | ||
| Others (separated, etc.) | 7.6 | 8.2 | ||
| Personal cancer history | Yes | 9.7 | 20.8 | 5.37* |
| No | 90.3 | 79.2 | ||
| Family cancer history | Yes | 59.1 | 78.6 | 11.53*** |
| No | 40.9 | 21.4 | ||
| Education | Lower than high school diploma/GED | 9.6 | 7.5 | 11.99* |
| High school diploma/GED | 52.9 | 33.9 | ||
| Greater than high school diploma/GED | 37.5 | 58.6 | ||
| Health insurance | Yes | 55.2 | 68.5 | 4.30* |
| No | 44.8 | 31.5 | ||
| Monthly household income | Less than $999 | 45.2 | 33.0 | 7.71 |
| $1,000-$1,999 | 29.0 | 25.6 | ||
| $2,000-$2,999 | 17.2 | 22.7 | ||
| More than $3,000 | 8.6 | 18.8 | ||
| Self-rated health | Poor | 3.3 | 0.0 | 5.24 |
| Fair | 12.2 | 17.8 | ||
| Good | 45.6 | 49.7 | ||
| Excellent | 38.9 | 32.7 | ||
| Mammogram awareness | Yes | 85.3 | 98.9 | 21.86*** |
| No | 14.7 | 1.1 | ||
| Breast cancer knowledge | Ranged from 1 to 10 (SD = 2.0) Mean |
7.5 | 7.6 | −.34 |
| Cultural practice: Lack of crisis orientation | Ranged from 4 to 15 (SD = 2.1) Mean |
7.4 | 7.2 | .63 |
| Cultural practice: Utilization of traditional Native American approach | Ranged from 3 to 12 (SD = 2.3) Mean |
8.0 | 8.1 | −.09 |
| Receipt of Mammogram | Never | 21.0 | ||
| Less than 1 year | 35.9 | |||
| Over 1 year but less than 2 years | 19.6 | |||
| Over 2 years | 21.5 | |||
p ≤ .05
**
p ≤ .01
***
p ≤ .001.